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Storm Cat - Peridroma saucia
Copyright © 2012 Gacko

Storm Cat - Peridroma saucia
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
April 14, 2012
There were hundreds of these on the ground after a severe thunder and wind storm.
[Edit] After browsing through the Cutworm images, I'm thinking Variegated Cutworm--Perdroma saucia?
[Edit Again] Well, I was fairly certain until I saw Shotguneddie's image of the Reaper Cutworm moth that she reared--it looks just like this one but not like other Reaper Moth Cats that I found on online.

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Contributed by Gacko on 11 May, 2012 - 10:40pm
Last updated 18 November, 2013 - 11:27am

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